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by Eduardo M. da Costa
January 19th, 2016, 12:03 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: New puffer discovered
Replies: 7
Views: 7190

Re: New puffer discovered

Welcome to ConwayLife.com!
The V-gun fires Corderships and each Cordership consists of several switch engines.
I assume that when you destroyed that V-gun, two switch engines survived and escaped as a puffer.
Do not get discouraged by this, every newbie comes up with piles of "discoveries" that are ...
by Eduardo M. da Costa
January 18th, 2016, 2:56 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: New puffer discovered
Replies: 7
Views: 7190

Re: New puffer discovered

It is an ark - a pair of mutually stabilized switch engines. Nothing really amusing, unless you discovered it from random starting conditions, which would be quite remarkable (please share the soup, if it's the case and you still have it).
x = 33, y = 32, rule = B3/S23
27b2o$27b3o$26bo2bo$27bo3bo ...
by Eduardo M. da Costa
January 18th, 2016, 11:55 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: New puffer discovered
Replies: 7
Views: 7190

New puffer discovered

Hello, i'm Eduardo Monteiro da Costa and i believe that i discovered a new puffer that leaves a trail of three blocks, one blinker and a pond.
https://omanuscritoesquecido.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/supernova-trail.jpg?w=570
https://omanuscritoesquecido.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/discovery-v1-2 ...